It's the Media

As opposite to many of my Romanian friends [manifesting on blogs, e-groups of various sorts, and Web 2.0's social networking in general], the current presidential elections going on in the home country have passed me by almost entirely: it's for the first time since I am rightfully entitled to my voting rights that I did not use that, nor am I planning to.
Now, other than the fact that my limited knowledge of the present home country presidential debates doesn't add up to make enough of an informed decision on the matter [yes, I do take this into account] - one very significant contribution has been that of the media. Here it is, I'm writing it down:
The Portuguese media couldn't care less about what is or what is not going on in Romania. Including the elections and everything else having preceded them over the last months or even the entire year.
Do you think the politically-involved Portuguese had any idea about the governmental crisis a while back? - Nope, no idea at all.
Do you think there's been any coverage of however you want to refer to what's been going on in Moldova earlier this year? - Answer's the same: nay.

The above are all facts, or more precisely lack of them. Consequently, my point: How is one European citizen supposed to give the European brotherhood spirit [in a very political sense] any credit when the media of one European country has absolutely no coverage over events in another European country? Enlighten me.

Ad of the Day [again]

Ad of the Day

The Howlin' Wolf Story [2003]

should be required viewing by anyone with any interest in any type of rock music. Mr. Wolf is not only my choice as the single most important blues artist of the 20th century, he was also the most exciting live performer in any musical genre; Hendrix, the Stones and Iggy Pop combined might qualify as a decent opening act for Wolf. Mere words can not explain the power, excitement and explosive force that was Howlin Wolf. A unique and captivating singer, a strong harp player, a woefully underrated guitarist and a historically important songwriter; add all of that to the incredible live performances and you have the king of blues (and rock) artists.
The film captured a handful of surviving bandmembers (hubert sumlin, jody williams, sam lay) and mixed in some great archival footage of folks ranging from Muddy Waters to Son House to Brian Jones (his "How-LING Wolf" intro on Shindig was good for a laugh). Wolf is easily at the top of my list of artists I regret not seeing in person, but this film did a good job of giving us the next best thing. If it comes up short in any area, it doesn't offer that much actual live performance footage. But the 50s/60s era bluesmen were completely ignored by USA television during this time, so little or NO commercial footage exists for these extremely important musicians. Fortunately, the American Film Blues Festival (1962 to 1969) brought many of these artists over to Europe for an annual tour that was regularly filmed for Euro television audiences. A three volume DVD set has been released in the past couple of years and volume 2 has an incredible 3 song segment by Wolf. The "Howlin Wolf Story" and all 3 volumes of the AFBF series might be the best return on $60 imaginable.

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